Brands

Tech

Boasting an affluent, influential and tech savvy audience of tech buyers, PCMag is the most trusted online brand for labs-based product reviews, tech news, buying guides, and much more. PCMag is well known for its PC Labs, which produce over 2,000 reviews a year, the largest and oldest in the industry, with a nearly 30 year heritage. PCMag’s Editor’s Choice award, the Lab’s highest tech rating, is recognized globally as the trust-mark for buyers and sellers of technology products and services.

TechBargains is a premier online destination boasting a loyal fanbase for consumers seeking deals, special offers, and reviews for computers, personal electronics, travel, auto, and other high end product categories. TechBargains drives incremental sales to its merchant partners by providing expert and unbiased content to online visitors.

Toolbox.com is a network of online communities enabling anyone to access the collective knowledge of a worldwide audience of experienced professionals. Through Toolbox.com, executives and professionals can collaborate with their peers to resolve problems more efficiently, make better decisions by leveraging best practices and lessons learned, and increase their efficiency in the workplace. The Toolbox.com platform integrates collaboration and community publishing tools divided as "Groups," "Blogs," "Company Research Directory," and "Professional Networking."

Ziff Davis B2B introduces thousands of buyers to vendors who can meet their needs every day. In turn, they help hundreds of the world's leading B2B vendors to:1. Introduce market-leading brands to decision makers and influencers2. Reach IT buyers at critical points during the purchase decision cycle and3. Accelerate revenue through the highest quality leads available in the market.

Geek.com has been an online technology resource and community for technology enthusiasts and professionals since 1996. First and foremost a news site, Geek.com sorts through and makes sense of each day’s technology news, featuring the most relevant and useful stories with a unique voice.

ExtremeTech is a thriving community of users and experts seeking to answer the unanswerable questions of technology. Their writers, demanding technocrats themselves, go in search of the real story behind what’s out there today, and what will be out there tomorrow. To put it simply, ExtremeTech is a one-stop-shop for serious technological needs.

Boasting an affluent, influential and tech savvy audience of tech buyers, PCMag is the most trusted online brand for labs-based product reviews, tech news, buying guides, and much more. PCMag is well known for its PC Labs, which produce over 2,000 reviews a year, the largest and oldest in the industry, with a nearly 30 year heritage. PCMag’s Editor’s Choice award, the Lab’s highest tech rating, is recognized globally as the trust-mark for buyers and sellers of technology products and services.

Gaming

When it comes to the world of gaming content, the largest and most trusted name in the industry is IGN. Having built an incredibly loyal and dedicated audience through premium gaming & entertainment content, IGN attracts the largest concentration of 18‑34 year old men online. Its reach is global, with locally operated business units in the UK and Australia along with multiple licensing deals around the world, making it the most powerful source for gaming & entertainment content on a global scale.

Men's Lifestyle

AskMen is the largest men’s lifestyle site in the world, boasting a truly global audience reached by editions in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and licensed editions in Germany, Turkey and the Middle East. AskMen’s ‘Become A Better Man’ mission has been the gold standard of aspirational content in the men’s lifestyle space, and creative expertise has helped the company become a pioneer in native advertisement and content marketing. With a highly affluent, upwardly mobile audience of young professionals, AskMen has cornered one of the most coveted demographics on the web. This is further evidenced by AskMen having one of the highest mobile usage adoption rates of any major publisher.

Social Footprint

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Facebook

2.6 MM

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Google+

4.0 MM

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Twitter

2.0 MM

#1

Youtube

4.5 MM

#1

Pinterest

530K

*As of March 2013

Content

Worldwide

Expanding Across Borders, A Global Voice

With global brands and wide-reaching content, it’s no surprise our audience has an international profile. That’s why, through a combination of owned & operated properties and local partners, we’ve expanded our leading vertical brands specializing in technology, gaming and men’s lifestyle to better serve local audiences while leveraging our core content produced in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia. Today, we have 28 international editions across our three major platforms -- IGN, PCMag and AskMen. Visit world.ziffdavis.com for more information.

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74 Countries

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Leadership

Vivek Shah

CEO

Vivek Shah is CEO of Ziff Davis, a leading digital media company specializing in the gaming, technology and men's lifestyle categories, reaching over 100 million unique visitors per month. Ziff Davis sites include IGN.com, PCMag.com, AskMen.com, ComputerShopper.com, ExtremeTech.com, Geek.com, LogicBuy.com, Toolbox.com and TechBargains.com. Ziff Davis B2B is a leading provider of online research to enterprise buyers and high-quality leads to IT vendors.

Shah was formerly group president, digital at Time Inc., overseeing its news, business and sports properties, including Time.com, Life.com, CNNMoney.com, SI.com, FanNation.com, Golf.com and SIKids.com. Prevously, Shah served as president of the Fortune/Money Group, which included the magazines Fortune, Money and Fortune Small Business and the website CNNMoney.com. Prior to that, Shah served as president of digital publishing of the group where he oversaw the launch of CNNMoney.com, the Web’s largest vertical business site.

Shah has been named Online Publisher of the Year by MIN, Innovator of the Year by BtoB’s Media Business and inducted into MIN's Digital Hall of Fame. Shah was also named to Crain’s Forty under 40 list. He has a B.A. in political science from Tufts University.

Steve Horowitz

COO

As Chief Operating Officer, Steve Horowitz oversees product, editorial, technology and audience development across the Ziff Davis portfolio of web and mobile properties.

Horowitz was formerly president of OurWeddingDay.com, a division of David’s Bridal, where he oversaw all aspects of OurWeddingDay.com and was responsible for developing strategic partnerships for the parent company. Prior to that, Horowitz was senior vice president, general manager at Bankrate Inc., the leading aggregator of personal finance and mortgage content. At Bankrate, he directed product and business strategy and spearheaded the portal’s transformation into one of the leading destinations that allowed consumers to research and purchase consumer financial products, ranging from mortgages to deposit products to credit cards.

Prior to Bankrate, Horowitz served as vice president of e-commerce classifieds at AOL and held director positions in business and sales strategy for classifieds and local properties with Yahoo! and GeoCities. He also served as associate director of internet marketing for BMG Music Club (Bertelsmann), director of internet venues at eDrive.com and as online publicist for Turner Entertainment Group at Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

Horowitz received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English from the State University of New York at Oswego.

James Yaffe

CSO

Yaffe co-founded FUEL:M+C (Media + Commerce), an early stage investor in digital media and commerce companies, including Maker Studios (sold to Disney), Bureau of Trade (sold to Ebay), and StyleSaint. Previously, Yaffe was a partner in Terry Semel's Windsor Media, which made investments in Square, Jagex and Scopley, among others.

Yaffe helped start the corporate consulting practice at the Endeavor Talent Agency. He also led Endeavor’s media and technology practice and expanded platform and content development opportunities with artists and corporate clients. James started his career at BBDO in New York.

James is currently on the Board of The Yaffe Center for Persuasive Communications at the University of Michigan. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, marketing and communications from the University of Michigan, where he was also the captain of the golf team.

Joey Fortuna

CTO

In July of 2011 Fortuna was chosen to direct the vision for Ziff Davis technology and oversee its practical application in all product development efforts.

Fortuna has over 18 years of experience with technical leadership, and has substantial knowledge of software engineering methodology, data services, analytics, product support and quality assurance. He has direct experience with complex data-management systems as well as content engines for entertainment and social media.

Prior to coming to Ziff Davis, Fortuna served as Senior Vice President of Engineering for VINDICO Group, the first ad-serving and tracking platform dedicated exclusively to video. VINDICO sold to Specific Media in 2010. Prior to that, Fortuna served as VP of Engineering at Quigo (bought by AOL in 2007). Fortuna got his start in Internet technology in 1994 as one of the 13 founders of Pseudo.com – the Internet’s first full-scale video network.

Fortuna holds patents for algorithmic methods of content production, data mining and contextual summarization, a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.

Stephen Hicks

General Counsel

Since February 2009 Hicks has served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Ziff Davis, LLC. and its predecessor. Hicks is co-chair of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) legal affairs committee.

Hicks also worked on the executive staff of Dennis Vacco, the New York State Attorney General; and was an associate at a New York law firm.

Andy Johns

CFO

Andy Johns is Chief Financial Officer of Ziff Davis, LLC., a leading digital media company specializing in the technology market. As CFO, Johns is responsible for all financial and accounting aspects of the business.

Prior to joining Ziff Davis, Johns served as Chief Financial Officer of several companies. For seven years, he was the CFO of Schoolnet, Inc., a leading education technology company providing data-driven education software that increases student achievement, teacher quality and operational efficiency; Schoolnet was recently acquired by Pearson PLC. Earlier in his career, Johns was the first CFO for 24/7 Media, Inc., a leading provider of digital marketing solutions for advertisers and publishers globally; 24/7 was later acquired by WPP Group.

Johns has also served as the Chief Financial Officer for Eagle Rock Management, LLC, a real estate management company, as well as Servomation International, LP, a food service company. Early in his career, he worked as an investment banker with Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. and Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Johns received his MBA from Stanford University and his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Virginia. He received designation as a Chartered Financial Analyst. Johns serves on the Board of Directors of Private Client Resources, Inc., and as a volunteer he is a member of the Executive Board of the Theodore Roosevelt Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Diane Malanowski

VP Human Resources

Diane is a global human resource leader with experience in the financial services, technology and media sectors. She joined Ziff Davis in 2013 with responsibility for all HR practices and policies for the company.

Diane has more than 20 years of experience consulting and collaborating with senior leadership and functional teams in both corporate and entrepreneurial organizations. She has built HR teams to drive organizational growth. Particular emphasis is on ensuring a high level of employee satisfaction by creating programs that are customized to the locations and cultures of the various company brands. She has performed acquisition due diligence to analyze and recommend organization changes and integrated total rewards. Her experience includes opening new locations, working on talent acquisition and retention strategies and establishing fair and equitable work environments.

Diane earned a bachelor's degree from Baruch College and an MBA from Fordham University. She lives in New York City with her family

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